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War Roundup (big update: Yon – al Hamira massacre)(updated)

UPDATE: Yon has a post up related to the massacre he documented in “Bless the Beasts and Children” (linked below). I suppose I should’ve been more angered by the main stream media’s piss poor coverage (ie non coverage) of this, but I’m just too used to the selective MSM typically only running with stuff that fits their agenda. I guess I’m somewhat numb to their attitude. Yon isn’t:

As the investigation unfolds more pertinent details, I’ll continue to update the story. But the biggest question rippling across the internet–“Why hasn’t the mainstream media picked this up?” –is something only representatives of mainstream media can answer.

… their malaise is inexplicable. I do not know why all failed to report the murders and booby-trapped village: apparently no reporters bothered to go out there, even though it’s only about 3.5 miles from this base.

On this question of media selectivity, the blogosphere has become incensed that big media mostly ignored the murders, especially given that there are reporters currently in Baqubah.

My original post follows:

Basically, this is going to be a set of links to milblogs etc with some updates to catch up on the war (in Iraq) since I’ve been quite focused on the immigration stuff lately. Good luck finding these stories in the national media:

Let’s not forget Afghanistan. The Mudville Gazette has an excellent ‘service’ that provides summaries and links (heavily comprised of milblogs) for both Iraq and Afghanistan. Check out the latest Dawn Patrol post.

…Our words, images, arguments and skills can’t stop the killing. Only the rough soldiers and their guns can solve the problem, and we won’t admit that fact because the admission would weaken our influence and our claim to social status.

So we pretend Yon’s massacre – and the North Korean killing fields, the Arab treatment of women, the Arab hatred of Israel, etc. – doesn’t exist, and instead focus…

Please don’t be surprised. We media are an interest group not much different from the automakers, the unions, and the farmers.

For what it’s worth, Happy Independence Day – brought to you by the “rough soldiers” of the past, maintained by the “rough soldiers” of the present and future. See also: The Americans Who Risked everything.